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Posted on Tuesday, 28th June 2011 by Jesse Walker

– Wall Street closed its best three-day run in three months on Wednesday after the Greek parliament approved austerity measures to avoid defaulting on its debt.

Optimism about the plan’s approval has helped the stock market recoup some of its losses of the last two months. The CBOE Volatility Index .VIX, Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” fell 9.9 percent to 17.27, its third straight decline.

Greek lawmakers approved a five-year package of spending cuts, tax increases and state asset sales by a comfortable margin of 155 votes to 138 in a roll-call vote, handing a significant victory to embattled Prime Minister George Papandreou.

“The whole scary month of June has been healed with these nice three days we’ve had,” said Wayne Kaufman, chief market analyst at John Thomas Financial in New York. “That is a pretty good indication that you’ve got a floor under the market now.”

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI gained 72.73 points, or 0.60 percent, to 12,261.42.

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Posted on Tuesday, 28th June 2011 by James Martin

In a recent post on MoneyVille.ca titled I let an $11,500 stock profit get away, The Stars Peggy Mackenzie relates the story of how she invested $550 in what is today Gennum Corporation. Her initial investment has grown to $6,300 over close to three decades a respectable rate of return and thats even before accounting for the modest dividend (the company has paid a quarterly dividend since 1994).

But Ms. Mackenzie isnt happy with her returns. She regrets that she didnt sell the stock in 1999 resulting in a paper loss from the peak of nearly $11,500. And she isnt alone. One hears variations of it all the time. Recently, a friend complained that he has lost 10 percent since April and he should have sold because he knew that the troubles in Greece are bad news for the markets. And Ive caught myself boasting about how much Ive lost by not cashing in employee stock options in the late 1990s.

Investors should stop beating themselves up so much and realize that hindsight is playing tricks on their minds and what appears obvious today was only one of many potential outcomes in the past.

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Posted on Tuesday, 28th June 2011 by Jesse Walker

SYDNEY — Minara Resources Ltd. has cut production at its Murrin Murrin nickel processing plant after the failure of a heat exchanger, the company said Thursday.

Minara said that the acid plant–where acid is run through the ore to extract a nickel-rich solution–has been taken offline as a result of the failure.

“Production from the rest of the operation continues at reduced rates. The impact of the heat exchanger failure on the company’s production is being assessed,” the company said in a statement.

Minara is 72%-owned by Glencore International PLC .

In an update in April, the company said it expects to produce 33,000 metric tons to 37,000 tons of nickel over the year to the end of December, around 2%-3% of global mined nickel production.

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Posted on Monday, 27th June 2011 by Jesse Walker

VIENNA — The president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Monday said he would be willing to call an emergency meeting of the group if the market situation required it, but added that he hoped such a need wouldn’t arise.

The remarks by the OPEC president come after a decision by the International Energy Agency Thursday to release emergency stocks led to a steep drop in oil prices.

Speaking to Dow Jones Newswires as he exited a meeting with the European Union, Mohammad Aliabadi, who is also Iran’s oil minister, said: “We hope the [market] situation will move in a way that we will not even need to call an emergency meeting.”

“But if there is a need for this meeting, we will take necessary actions.”

“The market situation will give us a clear path,” Aliabadi said.

Iran had proposed such an extraordinary meeting within three months during a gathering on June 8 where OPEC members failed to agree on output.

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Posted on Monday, 27th June 2011 by Christopher Allen

When increasing a small business and searching into wholesale or manufacturing a business may have discover the idea of just what is a B2b directory site. Looking into this and having it answered could possibly get a business well on the start for obtaining solid legs under them with regards to international commerce. What follows are some ideas on how to start and what to think about.

Business to business Directory – What’s That?

If somebody fails to know what a Business to business directory site is, there’s the starting point for. This means business to business directory. This is a web site that gathers businesses, manufacturers and wholesalers in just one spot so that they can easily make connections in their industry. It helps communication and sales. Knowing just what is a B2b website directory is the beginning of getting associated with an extremely larger clientele and international sales. Increasing these options gets a company to be capable to come to be larger areas, support more employees, and generally grow profits. Having the ability to find all the companies in several regions can certainly enhance a company’s capacity to keep competitive on the world-wide level and marketplace.

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Spend some time doing research and discovering where the best place to have goods or raw materials will probably be and where the best spot to distribute what is being made is. Discovering precisely what is a Business to business directory site can get a company onto the fast track for larger profits, substantial growth, and better business.

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Posted on Sunday, 26th June 2011 by Jesse Walker

It is widely reported that classic car insurance is far cheaper than a modern car policy but it is important to be vigilant and well informed. Also, it is important to understand that the condition and scarcity of classic car insurance can vary dramatically, and an owner’s perception as to the value of his beloved car is often at odds with his insurer’s valuation in the event of a claim. It is always better to search for a specialist insurer; they are more likely to provide specialist assistance and provide a better rate.

How many times have we seen a movie scene where a someone or the other is fawning over his car as though it’s his child? Car enthusiasts pride themselves on the car that they drive and care for it as though it’s a part of their family and not just a mere mode of transportation. This is

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Posted on Sunday, 26th June 2011 by Jesse Walker

LONDON — Canada will fund almost two-thirds of a Royal Dutch Shell PLC project to capture and store carbon emissions from the Anglo-Dutch energy giant’s Alberta oil sands processing facility, one of the largest CO2-reduction efforts of its kind worldwide, the company said Friday.

Shell said the state and national governments will together provide $865 million for its Quest Carbon Capture and Storage project, which is designed to capture and store deep underground more than one million tons of carbon dioxide a year produced by the company’s Scotford Upgrader heavy oil sands operation.

“It’s a very significant milestone for Shell,” said John Abbott, Shell’s Executive Vice President of Heavy Oil. “This will be the first commercial application of CCS technology in an oil sands project, and one of the largest CCS projects in the world.”

The Canadian government has estimated the project will cost about $1.3 billion over a 15-year period, with the $865 million funding to be provided over a similar time frame.

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Posted on Sunday, 26th June 2011 by Jesse Walker

Mountain Heritage Bank was sold to First American Bank and Trust Co. in Athens, the FDIC said. The bank, founded in 2003, had $103.7 million in assets and $89.6 million in deposits at two branches. The failure is estimated to cost the FDIC’s deposit insurance fund $41.1 million.

In 2009, after receiving cease-and-desist orders by regulators that June, Mountain Heritage Bank president Jim Wallis told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he was trying to raise $2 million and shrink the bank’s balance sheet. As with nearly every failed bank, Mountain Heritage bet heavily on real estate.

Most of Mountain Heritage’s losses were on loans for construction of retirement homes and second homes, Wallis said. Also Friday, the FDIC released a May 13 order that told Citizens Bank & Trust Co. in Eastman, southeast of Macon, that it needed to assess its senior management.

Citizens Bank & Trust also was told to create a new business plan and take steps within 10 days to resolve certain problem loans. A thi

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Posted on Sunday, 26th June 2011 by Jesse Walker

Most investors next week will undoubtedly be looking forward to the long July Fourth holiday weekend. Everyone could use a breather after weeks of bad economic news and stock market losses.

Nevertheless, a good bit of economic data will be released.

The ISM Manufacturing Index for June is due Friday and it may be the most significant report all week. The ISM index is the most widely watched factory report and it follows closely in the wake of disappointing regional manufacturing data. Economists expect the index to fall to 51.8 in June from 53.5 in May.

For months manufacturing had been a lone bright spot on an otherwise grim economic landscape. But that may be changing; the regional data was impacted by bad weather across many regions of the U.S. — notably tornadoes and flooding in the Midwest — which disrupted supply chains.

Three Federal Reserve District Bank surveys of manufacturing are due ahead of the ISM report and they should give a preview of what’s to come on a national scale. T

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Posted on Sunday, 26th June 2011 by Jesse Walker

Can you survive a job loss for six months? Do you have some funds stashed away for such emergencies until you gather your reins and surge ahead confidently with a new job and a new plan for the future in place? What about a medical emergency? Do you have resources that you can tap into for such a scenario. If the answer is No, then it is time to take a serious look at how you manage your money.

Alert #1: You are terrible with bills and payments!

Maybe its forgetfulness or a laid back attitude or a chaotic lifestyle, whatever the reason, if you are laden with unpaid bills, get fined for late payments 70 per cent of the time, bounce a few cheques every 10 months, then it is time to take stock of your organisational skills, at least in your personal finance department.

Keep a monthly tracker, set reminders on your mobile, keep an online calendar that beeps when bill, insurance and other payment deadlines arrive, choose whatever means that you are comfortable with to meet the objective of being methodical with payments.

Sort bills in a folder, keep them accessible at one place.

Alert #2: You use your credit cards excessively and often take loans.

The golden rule is to spend less than you earn.

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